US Curriculum Alignment
CCSS SL.K.5, NGSS 1-ESS1-1, NGSS 5-ESS1-1
Planet Poster – Mercury (Cross-Section)
Mercury as a freigestellt planet poster — the planet alone on a clean background.
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Mercury is the smallest planet and sits closest to the Sun, racing around it in just 88 days. Its cratered, grey surface looks much like our Moon's, scarred by billions of years of impacts with no atmosphere to wear them smooth.
Daytime temperatures there can exceed 400°C, then plunge far below freezing at night. This poster leaves the name off the print, inviting a child to label it themselves as part of a solar-system lesson.
Drawn from the
real animal.
The same hand-drawn look across the whole collection — verified against the real species, animal by animal.
“Before an animal becomes part of a printable, it begins with paper, pencil and careful observation.”
Every illustration begins with close observation of the real species. Shape, posture, markings and expression are developed individually, rather than assembled from a standard template.
The result is a softer, more natural image with the small irregularities and visible texture that give hand-drawn work its character.
Often
asked.
Mercury has no moons at all, one of only two planets in the solar system without a natural satellite.
Mercury has the most extreme temperature swings of any planet, reaching about 430 degrees Celsius during the day and dropping to minus 180 at night.
Mercury rotates very slowly, completing one spin every 59 Earth days, so a single day-night cycle there lasts longer than its own year.
Only two NASA spacecraft, Mariner 10 and MESSENGER, have closely studied Mercury, since its proximity to the Sun makes it difficult to reach.
